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It begins with a shriek...it ends with a shot! From beginning to end, nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE! - Rope
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Title: Rope

Release Date: 11 Mar 1948

Runtime: 1h 21m

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Director: Transatlantic Pictures

Production Companies: Transatlantic Pictures

Overview: Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

Additional Information

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.9 (2727 votes)

Cast

  • Brandon Shaw: John Dall
  • Phillip Morgan: Farley Granger
  • Rupert Cadell: James Stewart
  • Janet Walker: Joan Chandler
  • Kenneth Lawrence: Douglas Dick
  • Mrs. Wilson: Edith Evanson
  • Mrs. Anita Atwater: Constance Collier
  • Mr. Henry Kentley: Cedric Hardwicke
  • David Kentley: Dick Hogan
  • Man Walking in Street After Opening Credits (uncredited): Alfred Hitchcock
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